Spelling Words for the Week

We will have our spelling test on Thursday.

1. already
2. possible
3. final
4. over
5. outside
6. smiled
7. continued
8. experiment

Spirit Week

I realize I did not put anything in the weekly about our spirit week.


Monday: Crazy Hair Day-- Style your hair in a crazy way!

Tuesday: Sports Day-- Wear a shirt featuring your favorite sports team

Wednesday: Dress Wacky Day-- Wear bright colors, dress backwards, different

shoes, stripes and polka dots, or create your own style!

Thursday: Mix It Up Lunch-- Students will have the opportunity to sit with a

person they would like to know more about and eat lunch with them.

Friday: Bryant Spirit Wear-- Wear your favorite Bryant school wears.

Weekly Wrap Up

What a fabulous week we had here on planet first grade. The kids did an amazing job with everything I threw at them (metaphorically speaking of course) and I continue to be amazed by their progress. We spent a lot of time this week reviewing concepts in math. We also finished up quite a bit of research for writing and science. Oh yeah, it was Field Day on Friday too and a big thank you to all our integral volunteers who made this event possible. Also, a big thank you to Mr. Hamilton for the incredible job he did in coordinating this event.


A reminder we have our year-end party next Friday. We will plan on starting about 9:30 a.m. and everyone is welcome, so we hope to see you to close out this year.


In reflecting back on this class I have been struck with one overall thought: I really wish I could turn back the clock and do it all over again with these kids. This class is truly an amazing set of kids and you all have done a terrific job in raising them. I have had some of these students for the past two years and it will be so difficult to say goodbye. However, I always tell my kids that once they have been in Mr. Hagen’s class they are ALWAYS in Mr. Hagen’s class. My door is always open to former students and parents whenever you like. I know the kids will have many new adventures and meet new teachers and friends, but I want them to know that they will always be welcome in my class.


I would like to thank John and Kelly for all their fabulous work as my room parents this year. Also, a special thank you to Ruth for all the fabulous projects and donations she has made to the classroom this year. Thank you to everyone who has chaperoned, volunteered and assisted with so many of the events we have had this school year. We simply could not have made this year so special without your tireless efforts.


I hope to see you next Friday and, again, thank you for all that you have done for the class this year. Until September…all told.

Sign Up For End of Year Party

Thank you to Anna for creating this fabulous document to help everyone with the party next Friday.



https://docs.google.com/document/d/1unMRl6Q_1vTsrCcoYF2EK_033EuwwkbDNLlKlELfsX4/edit?usp=sharing


I also wanted to let you know that parents and relatives are ALWAYS welcome in my room and we would love to have you help us celebrate this amazing year.

End of the Year Party

We will be having our end of the year celebration on Friday, June 12th.  As with our last class party I will be making fresh fruit smoothies for the class.  I would also like to have bagels with cream cheese as well.  There will be several class parties going on outside, but I generally like to do smoothies with just my class.  After we are done with the smoothies we will head outside for the remainder of the half day.  We will need the following for the smoothies:

- Large jug of orange juice
- Large bottle of coconut water
- 2x Large bag of frozen mangoes
- 2x Large bags of frozen pineapple
- 2x Large bag of frozen strawberries and berries
- 2x bunches of bananas
- 1 bag of oranges
- 1 tub of spinach
- bagels
- cream cheese


I have plates, cups, napkins, straws all set here in the classroom.  Please let me know what you would like to contribute to the party when you are able.  Thank you all very much and please have a wonderful day.

Spelling Words for The Week

Sorry for the lateness of this post.  This week has really gotten away from me.


- divided
- energy
- subject
- summer
- instead
- surprise
- themselves
- fraction

Weekly Wrap Up & Field Day Info

It was a shortened week here in first grade, which still saw us get to a lot of material. The year-end assessments are in full swing and I have been amazed at the progress these kids have shown in the last 9 months! It has been such a privilege to come to work every day and spend my time with such fabulous people. You all have done such wonderful jobs with your kids and I thank you for all your hard work. 

On Friday, June 5th, Bryant will be holding our annual Field Day. Please dress your child in clothing that could possibly get wet or grass stained. If your child risks getting sunburned, remember the sunblock. Sunblock needs to be applied at home before school. Please send your child to school on June 5th with a water bottle with your child's name on it, or with a refillable sports bottle with their name on it. It can get really hot out there. 

 Let us see what else we were up to this week on to the highlights!!!



Math:
In math this week we took more time to examine two digit number stories. The kids are really starting to grasp this topic and I have been thrilled at their progress. We also took some time to do a bit of exploration with the calculators. This included constructed and writing several math problem. The kids really enjoyed it. We also touched more on time, fractions and shapes. We also took some time later in the week for some review and catch-up.



Writing:
All About books has been the focus in writing this week with a bit of time spent on sentence conventions. The All About books are focusing on our class research project involving Orca whales. The sentence conventions have also been a real push as well.



Science:
We caught up with our weather data collection this week, which was terrific. We also took time to examine the body of the Orca whale and how that form helps it thrive in its natural habitat.



Social Studies:
We finished up our unit on neighborhoods this week in social studies. This included the class working in small groups to create good neighbor puzzles. The kids even got to write down how they can be good neighbors in their social studies journals.




This was a quick snapshot of the mischief we got into this week in first grade. Only two fabulous, fun-filled weeks left until this first grade adventure sadly comes to a close. Until next week….all told.